from here he heads to san francisco for more fund-raisers. >> i'm curious in this. we had chris on a short time ago, the democratic strategist. he feels this debate story or the president's debate performance has legs if you will because of the media. you have the president referring to it even jokingly. still it lingers in his remarks. do you get the sense behind the scenes it really is sticking with him? that can be a motivating factor to ensure that he does a much better job than next time around. you can joke about something, but they like to say the joke is funny because there's a little truth in there. >> i think that's absolutely right. i think that they are refocusing their debate preparations. you heard top campaign advisers talk about the fact there's going to be to some extent a reset when president obama heading into debate preparations this it time. so i think that you're absolutely right. the obama campaign is trying not to get bogged down, but they know it's serious and the president has to do a better job in the next two debates to win re-election. >